Chemistry (12th Edition)

by
Wilbraham

Published by
Prentice Hall

ISBN 10:
0132525763

ISBN 13:
978-0-13252-576-3

Chapter 6 - The Periodic Table - 6 Assessment - Page 186: 46

Answer

Noble gases are excluded from Table 6.2 (Electronegativity values) because they do not form many compounds, or in other words, they rarely react. Consequently, a value of how strongly noble gases pull on electrons is not easily deduced. Although Pauling's scale does not assign a value for noble gases, other electronegativity scales do.

Work Step by Step

Noble gases are excluded from Table 6.2 (Electronegativity values) because they do not form many compounds, or in other words, they rarely react. Consequently, a value of how strongly noble gases pull on electrons is not easily deduced. Although Pauling's scale does not assign a value for noble gases, other electronegativity scales do.